Improvement in device for setting animal-traps



UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIGE- ISRAEL MILLER, OF, BRYAN, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN DEVICE I-'oR` SETTINGANIMAIQ'IILIIPeI1 I Speciiication forming part of Letters Patent No. 68,776, dated September `10, 186,7. I l l l To all whom it may concern:

YBe it known thatA I, ISRAEL MILLER, of

Bryan, Williams county, Ohio, have invented a new and Improved Trap-Setter; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,

clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the artto make and s use the same, reference being -Ihad to the acing-rod.

A common box or cage will serve fora trap, which is placed inverted, with one edge on the ground and the opposite edge' resting on a `flange on the outer edge of the shaft. The

shaft is set on edge in a cup, so that a very slight touch on the end of the baiting-rodis sufficient to upset it, when the `box-trap falls,

confmin g the gaine without injuring it.

The accompanying drawing is a 'side view I of my improved trap-setter, showing the box or cage in position.

A is the upright shaft in which the baitingi` rod B is carried, the bait being placed Ionthe` `I end b. The shaft A hasa flange onledge, (1,1) or its equivalent, on lwhichlthe box trap or,

cage C is set, as shown inthe drawing;

s The shaft A is set inI thecup l), anda very l small force applied at b, in any direction, will I serve to dismount the shaft, when:` thebox-` l trapor cage C falls, oatchingthegame." I

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Le?,

ters Patent, is- I 1. Tn@ shaft A, furnisheawitn the Hnge a, y or its equivalent, in oombinationwith the baitf ing-rod B, substantially as described. I* I 2. The cup D, in combination witha flanged II shaft, A', or its equivalent, substantially as, I

shown and described.

Witnesses: 9 I I JOHN NEwcoivrER, ALviN F. CLARK. I y

ISRAEL IIIILLER.` 

